Gmail Set Up
1.) Navigation and Elements
2.) Create Folders
3.) Create Signatures
Check for Understanding:
Sample Emails and Folders
Day 1)
Learning Target:
Students will understand the basic tools of Google Docs.
Students will identify the functional tools of Google Slides
Activities:
2.) Create Folders in Gmail
Email Writing - Effective Communication
Using your Organizational Skills - Moving Emails
Send Test Email
Move Test Emails - Location
Check for Understanding:
Google Doc Practice and Slide Practice
Day 2)
Learning Target:
Students will understand the basic tools of Google Docs.
Students will identify the functional tools of Google Slides
Activities:
Email Writing - Effective Communication
Using your Organizational Skills - Moving Emails
Send Test Email
Move Test Emails - Location
Creating Contacts and Groups
Test Emails to Groups - Don't Send
Test Emails to Groups - Don't Send
Google Docs
Create Folders
Google Doc Practice with a Partner
Discuss Google Slides Basic Skills
Practice Presentation
Check for Understanding:
Google Doc Practice and Slide Practice
September 4
No School
Day 1)
Learning Target:
Students will identify the functional tools of Google Slides
Activities:
Creating Contacts and Groups
Test Emails to Groups - Don't Send
Google Docs
Create Folders
Google Doc Practice with a Partner
Discuss Google Slides Basic Skills
Practice Presentation
Check for Understanding:
Google Slide Practice
Day 2)
Learning Target:
Students will identify the functional tools of Google Slides
Activities:
Creating Contacts and Groups
Test Emails to Groups - Don't Send
Check for Understanding:
Google Slide Practice
Day 1:
Learning Target:
Activities:
Study Hall - Mr. Combs Gone
Check for Understanding:
Day 2:
Learning Target:
Activities:
Google Docs
Create Folders
Google Doc Practice with a Partner
Discuss Google Slides Basic Skills
Practice Presentation - Sample for Tuesday
Check for Understanding:
September 11
Day 1)
Learning Target:
Activities:
Discuss Google Slides Basic Skills
Practice Presentation
Discuss Google Presentation Basic Skills
Practice Presentation - Sample fore Wednesday
Check for Understanding:
Google and Gmail Assessment
Day 2)
Learning Target:
Activities:
Google Slide Partner Review
Review for Organization and Gmail Assessment
Set up and Practice Screen Shot Recording
Organization and Gmail Assessment -
Using Screen Capture
Share Recording through Google Drive
Check for Understanding:
Day 1)
Learning Target:
Activities:
During 8th grade skills, please have the students get into groups of 2 (3 if necessary) to peer review a very simple presentation they had made. They will share the presentation with one another and then use the comment feature in Google Slides to give suggestions. Use the following link as a guide to help them think about what would make it better. It is also on my website.
After about 20 minutes, please have the students create a new Google Slide, share it with their partner and me. They will title it Collaboration Challenge. They will then identify in the first slide - who will be in Mr. Combs Room and who will be in the Lab.
Collaboration Challenge
1.) What worked well in regards to your communication? Describe how it worked effectively.
2.) What made communicating the instructions difficult and what problems in your communication occurred with your partner?
3.) How could you improve the result the next time and eliminate the problems if challenged with the same task or if you were working on a group project together and you couldn't meet?
September
18
Day 2)
Learning Target:
Learn to communicate effectively and work as a collaborative team.
1.) What worked well in regards to your communication? Describe how it worked effectively.
2.) What made communicating the instructions difficult and what problems in your communication occurred with your partner?
3.) How could you improve the result the next time and eliminate the problems if challenged with the same task or if you were working on a group project together and you couldn't meet?
Day 1)
Learning Target:
Learn to communicate effectively and work as a collaborative team.
Activities:
Google and Gmail Assessment - Due Thursday
Discuss Collaboration Challenge - Experience and Takeaways
Submit Reflections
Time Management -
How to mange your time and its importance
Practice - Create a schedule for yourself on a typical day
- Using Google Doc, you must account for all time during the day.
Check for Understanding:
Day 2
Learning Target:
Activities:
Submit Reflections
Discuss what you learned
Time Management -
How to mange your time and its importance
Find away to communicate and work together with your teammate to successful accomplish a task with given instructions and restrictions.
Reflections Questions
1. When working with people of different skills and abilities, what are some things to consider in order for the team to be successful?
2.) What is the difference between a group and a team?
3.) Why is adversity so difficult to handle? How do you learn to overcome it?
Check for Understanding:
Reflection Questions
Day 2:
Learning Target:
Activities:
Communication and Teamwork Challenge
Find away to communicate and work together with your teammate to successful accomplish a task with given instructions and restrictions.
Reflections Questions
1. When working with people of different skills and abilities, what are some things to consider in order for the team to be successful?
2.) What is the difference between a group and a team?
3.) Why is adversity so difficult to handle? How do you learn to overcome it?
Check for Understanding:
Reflection Questions
Day 1:
Learning Target:
Career Planning
Activities:
Begin Career Planning
Create Google Document for Reflections
Title it "My Academic Plan"
Work Values Reflections
1.) After reading each of the work values, rank in order from most to least important and then explain why you ranked them the way you did.
2.) After completing the work value survey, what are the top work value(s) you identified? Did your chosen order differ from the work value survey results? If so what surprises you. If not, what makes your list important to you?
Career Interest Inventory Reflections
1.) After discussing/reading each of the personality types which personality trait(s) fits you the best and why?
2.) After taking the survey, did the results match what you thought to be your personality? If yes, provide real examples that show these traits. If not, what do you think of the results and do you see these traits in your life.
Check for Understanding:
Day 2:
Learning Target:
Career Planning
Activities:
Begin Career Planning
Create Google Document for Reflections
Title it "My Academic Plan"
Work Values Reflections
1.) After reading each of the work values, rank in order from most to least important and then explain why you ranked them the way you did.
2.) After completing the work value survey, what are the top work value(s) you identified? Did your chosen order differ from the work value survey results? If so what surprises you. If not, what makes your list important to you?
Career Interest Inventory Reflections
1.) After discussing/reading each of the personality types which personality trait(s) fits you the best and why?
2.) After taking the survey, did the results match what you thought to be your personality? If yes, provide real examples that show these traits. If not, what do you think of the results and do you see these traits in your life.
Check for Understanding:
Day 1:
Learning Target:
Activities:
Career Interest Inventory Reflections
1.) After discussing/reading each of the personality types which personality trait(s) fits you the best and why?
2.) After taking the survey, did the results match what you thought to be your personality? If yes, provide real examples that show these traits. If not, what do you think of the results and do you see these traits in your life.
Career Clusters
1.) What career cluster did you chose and why did it appeal to you? EXPLAIN!
2.) How does the cluster chosen connect with either your Values or Interest Areas. EXPLAIN!
Career Pathways
1.) Which Pathway seemed to contain career positions that sounded interesting to you and why?
Careers
1.) Based on the Pathway you selected, which careers did you select and why?
Skills Inventory 1.) Identify the skills you feel you have and then identify your 5 biggest strengths. For each strength, describe how you demonstrate that skill in your life today.
Check for Understanding:
October 9
Day 2:
Learning Target:
Activities:
Career Interest Inventory Reflections
1.) After discussing/reading each of the personality types which personality trait(s) fits you the best and why?
2.) After taking the survey, did the results match what you thought to be your personality? If yes, provide real examples that show these traits. If not, what do you think of the results and do you see these traits in your life.
Career Clusters
1.) What career cluster did you chose and why did it appeal to you?
EXPLAIN!
2.) How does the cluster chosen connect with either your Values or Interest Areas.
EXPLAIN!
Career Pathways
1.) Which Pathway seemed to contain career positions that sounded interesting to you and why?
Careers
1.) Based on the Pathway you selected, which careers did you select and why?
Skills Inventory 1.) Identify the skills you feel you have and then identify your 5 biggest strengths. For each strength, describe how you demonstrate that skill in your life today.
1.) What worked well in regards to your communication? Describe how it worked effectively.
2.) What made communicating the instructions difficult and what problems in your communication occurred with your partner?
3.) How could you improve the result the next time and eliminate the problems if challenged with the same task or if you were working on a group project together and you couldn't meet?
Time Wasters - What are they? Analyze your Activities. List together. The goal is to manage the time wasters, not to eliminate them.
Time Management Continued - Tool to help you plan your day and prepare
Google Calendar Set Up
Creating a Calendar
Adding Events -
Editing Events
Time Management Plan
Create your schedule for the week - Learning to Plan ahead.
Use Google Calendar - Focus on Activities and School
Check for Understanding
Turn In Calendar and reflections in a Google Doc for Tuesday.
Include Responses
Each response should be 2-3 sentences
1.) What tool will you use to help manage your time and explain how you are going to make it useful in improving your time management?
2.) Explain what you struggle with in regards to managing your time and what you have to do to get better at it.
3.) What do you think the biggest challenge will be in regards to time management as you get older and explain why.
December 4
Day 2)
Learning Target:
Learn to manage their time.
Activities:
Time Wasters - What are they? Analyze your Activities. List together. The goal is to manage the time wasters, not to eliminate them.
Time Management Continued - Tool to help you.
Google Calendar Set Up
Creating a Calendar
Adding Events
Editing Events
Time Management Plan
Create your schedule for the week - Learning to Plan ahead.
Use Google Calendar - Focus on Activities and School
Check for Understanding
Turn In Calendar (Screen Shot) - Attach in an email
Include Responses
Each response should be 2-3 sentences
1.) What tool will you use to help manage your time and explain how you are going to make it useful in improving your time management?
2.) Explain what you struggle with in regards to managing your time and what you have to do to get better at it.
3.) What do you think the biggest challenge will be in regards to time management as you get older and explain why.
Day 1
Learning Target:
Activities:
Submit Time Management
Recreate the Image - Get into Groups
Planning and Teamwork Discussion
1.) Purpose of Planning - Define it and Provide Examples
2.) Identify your Strengths and Weaknesses
3.) Teamwork - How to create a great team when you don't a chance to always choose your team
4.) Leadership - Characteristics of Leadership?
Check for Understanding:
Planning and Teamwork
1.) Why in team activities is it important to identify correct roles for people?
2.) Why is planning so important when faced with challenges or accomplishing the everyday tasks we are faced with.
3.) Leadership can be very influential in the outcomes of tasks/projects/teams/etc...What do you look for in a great leader.
Day 2)
Learning Target:
Activities:
Submit Time Management
Recreate the Image - Get into Groups
Planning and Teamwork Discussion
1.) Purpose of Planning - Define it and Provide Examples
2.) Identify your Strengths and Weaknesses
3.) Teamwork - How to create a great team when you don't a chance to always choose your team
4.) Leadership - Characteristics of Leadership?
Check for Understanding:
Planning and Teamwork
1.) Why in group activities is it important to identify correct roles for people?
2.) Why is planning so important when faced with challenges or accomplishing the everyday tasks we are faced with.
3.) Leadership can be very influential in the outcomes of tasks/projects/teams/etc...What do you look for in a great leader.
Day 1
Learning Target:
Activities:
Communication and Teamwork Challenge
Find away to communicate and work together with your teammate to successful accomplish a task with given instructions and restrictions.
Check for Understanding:
Communication and Teamwork Challenge
1. When working with people of different skills and abilities, what are some things to consider in order for the team to be successful?
2.) In an age where there are more ways to communicate than ever before, why is communication still a challenge for people to successfully communicate with one another?
3.) Why is adversity so difficult to handle? How do you learn to overcome it?
Day 2
Learning Target:
Activities:
Communication and Teamwork Challenge
Find away to communicate and work together with your teammate to successful accomplish a task with given instructions and restrictions.
Check for Understanding:
Reflection Questions
1. When working with people of different skills and abilities, what are some things to consider in order for the team to be successful?
2.) In an age where there are more ways to communicate than ever before, why is communication still a challenge for people to successfully communicate with one another?
3.) Why is adversity so difficult to handle? How do you learn to overcome it?
December 11
Day 1:
Learning Target:
Career Planning
Activities:
Begin Career Planning - Navigating My Academic Plan and what we will do together.
1.) After reading each of the work values, rank in order from most to least important and then explain why you ranked them the way you did.
2.) After completing the work value survey, what are the top work value(s) you identified? Did your chosen order differ from the work value survey results? If so what surprises you. If not, what makes your list important to you?
Day 2
Learning Target:
Career Planning
Activities:
Submit Reflections from last 2 activities
Begin Career Planning - Navigating My Academic Plan and what we will do together.
1.) After reading each of the work values, rank in order from most to least important and then explain why you ranked them the way you did.
2.) After completing the work value survey, what are the top work value(s) you identified? Did your chosen order differ from the work value survey results? If so what surprises you. If not, what makes your list important to you?
Career Interest Inventory Reflections
1.) After discussing/reading each of the personality types which personality trait(s) fits you the best and why?
2.) After taking the survey, did the results match what you thought to be your personality? If yes, provide real examples that show these traits. If not, what do you think of the results and do you see these traits in your life.
Career Interest Inventory Reflections
1.) After discussing/reading each of the personality types which personality trait(s) fits you the best and why?
2.) After taking the survey, did the results match what you thought to be your personality? If yes, provide real examples that show these traits. If not, what do you think of the results and do you see these traits in your life.
Plan Your Adventure
(This Calendar is SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Activities:
Welcome BackMr. Combs' Profile
Get to Know Activity
What is your ideal Desk for School?
What is your ideal Desk for your Career - What do you want to be?
Begin to Share Desks
Check for Understanding:
Activities:
Welcome BackMr. Combs' Profile
Get to Know Activity
What is your ideal Desk for School?
What is your ideal Desk for your Career - What do you want to be?
Begin to Share Desks
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Students will create a functional organizational system for maintaining email communications.Activities:
Complete Contact FormShare Desks
Check for Understanding:
Sample Emails and Folders
Learning Target:
Students will create a functional organizational system for maintaining email communications.Activities:
Complete Contact FormShare Desks
Check for Understanding:
Sample Emails and Folders
Learning Target:
Students will create and use the email system effectively in communicating with others in a professional context.Activities:
Course Syllabus - Discuss Expectations, Course Structure, ObjectivesMy Website - Add as a Favorite
Gmail Set Up
1.) Navigation and Elements
3.) Create Signatures
Check for Understanding:
Sample Emails and Folders
Day 2)
Learning Target:
Students will create and use the email system effectively in communicating with others in a professional context.Activities:
Course Syllabus - Discuss Expectations, Course Structure, ObjectivesMy Website - Add as a Favorite
Gmail Set Up
1.) Navigation and Elements
2.) Create Folders
3.) Create Signatures
Check for Understanding:
Sample Emails and Folders
Day 1)
Learning Target:
Students will understand the basic tools of Google Docs.Students will identify the functional tools of Google Slides
Activities:
2.) Create Folders in GmailEmail Writing - Effective Communication
Using your Organizational Skills - Moving Emails
Send Test Email
Move Test Emails - Location
Check for Understanding:
Google Doc Practice and Slide Practice
Day 2)
Learning Target:
Students will understand the basic tools of Google Docs.Students will identify the functional tools of Google Slides
Activities:
Email Writing - Effective CommunicationUsing your Organizational Skills - Moving Emails
Send Test Email
Move Test Emails - Location
Creating Contacts and Groups
Test Emails to Groups - Don't Send
Test Emails to Groups - Don't Send
Google Docs
Create Folders
Google Doc Practice with a Partner
Discuss Google Slides Basic Skills
Practice Presentation
Check for Understanding:
Google Doc Practice and Slide Practice
No School
Learning Target:
Students will identify the functional tools of Google SlidesActivities:
Creating Contacts and GroupsTest Emails to Groups - Don't Send
Google Docs
Create Folders
Google Doc Practice with a Partner
Discuss Google Slides Basic Skills
Practice Presentation
Check for Understanding:
Google Slide Practice
Learning Target:
Students will identify the functional tools of Google SlidesActivities:
Creating Contacts and GroupsTest Emails to Groups - Don't Send
Check for Understanding:
Google Slide Practice
Learning Target:
Activities:
Study Hall - Mr. Combs GoneCheck for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Activities:
Google Docs
Create Folders
Google Doc Practice with a Partner
Discuss Google Slides Basic Skills
Practice Presentation - Sample for Tuesday
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Activities:
Discuss Google Slides Basic SkillsPractice Presentation
Discuss Google Presentation Basic Skills
Practice Presentation - Sample fore Wednesday
Check for Understanding:
Google and Gmail Assessment
Learning Target:
Activities:
Google Slide Partner ReviewReview for Organization and Gmail Assessment
Set up and Practice Screen Shot Recording
Organization and Gmail Assessment -
Using Screen Capture
Share Recording through Google Drive
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Activities:
During 8th grade skills, please have the students get into groups of 2 (3 if necessary) to peer review a very simple presentation they had made. They will share the presentation with one another and then use the comment feature in Google Slides to give suggestions. Use the following link as a guide to help them think about what would make it better. It is also on my website.http://blog.ted.com/10-tips-for-better-slide-decks/
After about 20 minutes, please have the students create a new Google Slide, share it with their partner and me. They will title it Collaboration Challenge. They will then identify in the first slide - who will be in Mr. Combs Room and who will be in the Lab.
Google Slide Partner Review
Review for Organization and Gmail Assessment
Set up and Practice Screen Shot Recording
Organization and Gmail Assessment -
Using Screen Capture
Share Recording through Google Drive
Check for Understanding:
Collaboration Challenge and Reflection
Learning Target:
Activities:
Organization and Gmail Assessment -Peer Review - Presentations
http://blog.ted.com/10-tips-for-better-slide-decks/
Check for Understanding:
Google and Gmail Assessment
Peer Review - Google Slides
Learning Target:
Activities:
Prep for Gmail and Google AssessmentScreen Shots
Collaboration Challenge and Reflection
https://docs.google.com/a/wghawks.school/document/d/1XbWnEE31UkrN-68EiAYvqgmrzg5-6EDYFKHFH0rtTvM/edit?usp=sharing
Check for Understanding:
Questions for Reflection - Due TuesdayCollaboration Challenge
1.) What worked well in regards to your communication? Describe how it worked effectively.
2.) What made communicating the instructions difficult and what problems in your communication occurred with your partner?
3.) How could you improve the result the next time and eliminate the problems if challenged with the same task or if you were working on a group project together and you couldn't meet?
18
Learning Target:
Learn to communicate effectively and work as a collaborative team.Activities:
Summer Activities - Collaboration Challenge - Discuss RulesCheck for Understanding:
Questions for Reflection - Due Wednesday1.) What worked well in regards to your communication? Describe how it worked effectively.
2.) What made communicating the instructions difficult and what problems in your communication occurred with your partner?
3.) How could you improve the result the next time and eliminate the problems if challenged with the same task or if you were working on a group project together and you couldn't meet?
Learning Target:
Learn to communicate effectively and work as a collaborative team.Activities:
Google and Gmail Assessment - Due Thursday
Discuss Collaboration Challenge - Experience and Takeaways
Submit Reflections
Time Management -
How to mange your time and its importance
Practice - Create a schedule for yourself on a typical day
- Using Google Doc, you must account for all time during the day.
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Activities:
Submit ReflectionsDiscuss what you learned
Time Management -
How to mange your time and its importance
Time Management - Tool to help you.
Google Calendar Set Up
Creating a Calendar
Adding Events
Editing Events
Check for Understanding:
Creating Practice Events
Learning Target:
Activities:
Submit ReflectionsDiscuss what you learned
Submit Gmail and Google Assessment.
Time Management -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUk6LXRZMMk
How to mange your time and its importance
Practice - Create a schedule for yourself on a typical day
https://docs.google.com/a/wghawks.school/document/d/1rtveFXzvVDsqZgQ-zNNwfGdq3DkJsQJqteePZ3eMqrc/edit?usp=sharing
- Using Google Doc, you must account for all time during the day.
Check for Understanding:
Both are Due Next Class
Learning Target:
Activities:
Time Management -How to mange your time and its importance
Practice - Create a schedule for yourself on a typical day
https://docs.google.com/a/wghawks.school/document/d/1rtveFXzvVDsqZgQ-zNNwfGdq3DkJsQJqteePZ3eMqrc/edit?usp=sharing
- Using the Google Doc, Make a Copy and Complete it for one day. You must account for all time during the day.
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Activities:
Time Management Continued - Tool to help you.
Google Calendar Set Up
Creating a Calendar
Adding Events
Editing Events
Time Management Plan
Create your schedule for the week - Learning to Plan ahead.
Use Google Calendar - Focus on Activities and School
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Activities:
Time Management PlanCreate your schedule for the week - Learning to Plan ahead.
Use Google Calendar - Focus on Activities and School
Recreate the Image - Get into Groups
Preparation and Teamwork
Leadership
Planning - The Importance
1.) Why in group activities is it important to identify correct roles for people?
2.) Why is planning so important when faced with challenges or accomplishing the everyday tasks we are faced with.
3.) Leadership can be very influential in the outcomes of tasks/projects/teams/etc...What do you look for in a great leader.
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Activities:
Turn In Calendar (Screen Shot) - Attach in an emailEach response should be 2-3 sentences
1.) What tool will you use to help manage your time and explain how you are going to make it useful in improving your time management?
2.) Explain what you struggle with in regards to managing your time and what you have to do to get better at it.
3.) What do you think the biggest challenge will be in regards to time management as you get older and explain why.
Recreate the Image - Get into Groups
Preparation and Teamwork
Leadership
Planning - The Importance
Reflections
Planning - The Importance
1.) Why in group activities is it important to identify correct roles for people?
2.) Why is planning so important when faced with challenges or accomplishing the everyday tasks we are faced with.
3.) Leadership can be very influential in the outcomes of tasks/projects/teams/etc...What do you look for in a great leader.
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Activities:
Turn In Calendar (Screen Shot) - Attach in an emailEach response should be 2-3 sentences
1.) What tool will you use to help manage your time and explain how you are going to make it useful in improving your time management?
2.) Explain what you struggle with in regards to managing your time and what you have to do to get better at it.
3.) What do you think the biggest challenge will be in regards to time management as you get older and explain why.
Leadership Video and Discussion
https://www.ted.com/talks/drew_dudley_everyday_leadership#t-356062
Check for Understanding:
No School
Learning Target:
Activities:
Communication and Teamwork Challenge
Find away to communicate and work together with your teammate to successful accomplish a task with given instructions and restrictions.
Reflections Questions
1. When working with people of different skills and abilities, what are some things to consider in order for the team to be successful?
2.) What is the difference between a group and a team?
3.) Why is adversity so difficult to handle? How do you learn to overcome it?
Check for Understanding:
Reflection Questions
Learning Target:
Activities:
Communication and Teamwork ChallengeFind away to communicate and work together with your teammate to successful accomplish a task with given instructions and restrictions.
Reflections Questions
1. When working with people of different skills and abilities, what are some things to consider in order for the team to be successful?
2.) What is the difference between a group and a team?
3.) Why is adversity so difficult to handle? How do you learn to overcome it?
Check for Understanding:
Reflection Questions
Learning Target:
Career PlanningActivities:
Begin Career PlanningCreate Google Document for Reflections
Title it "My Academic Plan"
Work Values Reflections
1.) After reading each of the work values, rank in order from most to least important and then explain why you ranked them the way you did.
2.) After completing the work value survey, what are the top work value(s) you identified? Did your chosen order differ from the work value survey results? If so what surprises you. If not, what makes your list important to you?
Career Interest Inventory Reflections
1.) After discussing/reading each of the personality types which personality trait(s) fits you the best and why?
2.) After taking the survey, did the results match what you thought to be your personality? If yes, provide real examples that show these traits. If not, what do you think of the results and do you see these traits in your life.
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Career PlanningActivities:
Begin Career PlanningCreate Google Document for Reflections
Title it "My Academic Plan"
Work Values Reflections
1.) After reading each of the work values, rank in order from most to least important and then explain why you ranked them the way you did.
2.) After completing the work value survey, what are the top work value(s) you identified? Did your chosen order differ from the work value survey results? If so what surprises you. If not, what makes your list important to you?
Career Interest Inventory Reflections
1.) After discussing/reading each of the personality types which personality trait(s) fits you the best and why?
2.) After taking the survey, did the results match what you thought to be your personality? If yes, provide real examples that show these traits. If not, what do you think of the results and do you see these traits in your life.
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Activities:
Career Interest Inventory Reflections
1.) After discussing/reading each of the personality types which personality trait(s) fits you the best and why?
2.) After taking the survey, did the results match what you thought to be your personality? If yes, provide real examples that show these traits. If not, what do you think of the results and do you see these traits in your life.
Career Clusters
1.) What career cluster did you chose and why did it appeal to you? EXPLAIN!
2.) How does the cluster chosen connect with either your Values or Interest Areas. EXPLAIN!
Career Pathways
1.) Which Pathway seemed to contain career positions that sounded interesting to you and why?
Careers
1.) Based on the Pathway you selected, which careers did you select and why?
Skills Inventory
1.) Identify the skills you feel you have and then identify your 5 biggest strengths. For each strength, describe how you demonstrate that skill in your life today.
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Activities:
Career Interest Inventory Reflections1.) After discussing/reading each of the personality types which personality trait(s) fits you the best and why?
2.) After taking the survey, did the results match what you thought to be your personality? If yes, provide real examples that show these traits. If not, what do you think of the results and do you see these traits in your life.
Career Clusters
1.) What career cluster did you chose and why did it appeal to you?
EXPLAIN!
2.) How does the cluster chosen connect with either your Values or Interest Areas.
EXPLAIN!
Career Pathways
1.) Which Pathway seemed to contain career positions that sounded interesting to you and why?
Careers
1.) Based on the Pathway you selected, which careers did you select and why?
Skills Inventory
1.) Identify the skills you feel you have and then identify your 5 biggest strengths. For each strength, describe how you demonstrate that skill in your life today.
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Activities:
https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/prepare-for-college/careers/search
Based on your Cluster Areas/Job Choices, begin to explore the career options available to you.Record the following in your Reflection Document.
1.) Job
2.) Hyperlink to Page
3.) Education/Training Needed
This needs to be done for 10 Careers
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Activities:
https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/prepare-for-college/careers/searchBased on your Cluster Areas/Job Choices, begin to explore the career options available to you.
Record the following in your Reflection Document.
1.) Job
2.) Hyperlink to Page
3.) Education/Training Needed
This needs to be done for 10 Careers
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Activities:
Mr. Chapman and I will discuss your course options and preparation for life after high school.- How to Best Prepare for Your Career
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Activities:
Mr. Chapman and I will discuss your course options and preparation for life after high school.- How to Best Prepare for Your Career
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Discover your Career OpportunitiesActivities:
Career Research
Pick One Career and find the following informationPrepare a Google Slide Presentation to communicate your findings to your classmates.
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Discover your Career OpportunitiesActivities:
Career Research
Pick One Career and find the following information
Prepare a Google Slide Presentation to communicate your findings to your classmates.Requirements
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Discover your Career OpportunitiesActivities:
Work time on Career Slide ShowDue Friday
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Discover your Career OpportunitiesActivities:
Work time on Career Slide ShowDue Monday
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Share Careers Walk ThroughFinding your Passions - Pursue Them
http://www.businessinsider.com/ted-counterintiutive-career-advice-2015-7/#stefan-sagmeister-taking-time-off-is-good-for-you-and-good-for-business-111111
Reflection - Take away from the speech. - What did you hear in the speech that you could apply in your search for a career?
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Share Careers Walk Through
Finding your Passions - Pursue Themhttp://www.businessinsider.com/ted-counterintiutive-career-advice-2015-7/#stefan-sagmeister-taking-time-off-is-good-for-you-and-good-for-business-111111
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Reflection - Take away from the speech. - What did you hear in the speech that you could apply in your search for a career?Learning Target:
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Welcome BackMr. Combs' Profile
Website - Bookmark and Navigation
Get to Know Activity
What is your ideal Desk for School?
What is your ideal Desk for your Career - What do you want to be?
Begin to Share Desks
Check for Understanding:
Activities:
Welcome BackMr. Combs' Profile
Website - Bookmark and Navigation
Get to Know Activity
What is your ideal Desk for School?
What is your ideal Desk for your Career - What do you want to be?
Begin to Share Desks
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Learning Target:
Students will create a functional organizational system for maintaining email communications.Activities:
Complete Contact FormShare Desks
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Students will create a functional organizational system for maintaining email communications.Activities:
Complete Contact FormShare Desks
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Learning Target:
Students will create and use the email system effectively in communicating with others in a professional context.Activities:
Course Syllabus - Discuss Expectations, Course Structure, ObjectivesGmail Set Up
1.) Navigation and Elements
2.) Create Folders
3.) Create Signatures
Check for Understanding:
Day 2)
Learning Target:
Students will create and use the email system effectively in communicating with others in a professional context.Activities:
Course Syllabus - Discuss Expectations, Course Structure, ObjectivesGmail Set Up
1.) Navigation and Elements
2.) Create Signatures
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Students will create and use the email system effectively in communicating with others in a professional context.Activities:
Course Syllabus - Discuss Expectations, Course Structure, Objectives
http://www.radicati.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Email-Statistics-Report-2014-2018-Executive-Summary.pdf
WG Logo
https://drive.google.com/a/wghawks.school/file/d/1Csvf0sr7ipZ5GXwPZUGTMUZ5eNt2gxgs/view?usp=sharing
Gmail Set Up
1.) Navigation and Elements
2.) Create Signatures
3.) Create Folders
Learning Target:
Students will understand the basic tools of Google Docs.Students will identify the functional tools of Google Slides
Activities:
Add Image and website to Signatures and Show other examplesWG Logo
https://drive.google.com/a/wghawks.school/file/d/1Xma9iMCcmXpQW9zSgPJ2zBVymQHtplT6/view?usp=sharing
Email Usage
http://www.radicati.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Email-Statistics-Report-2014-2018-Executive-Summary.pdf
3.) Create Folders - Moving Emails
Email Writing - Effective Communication
Using your Organizational Skills - Moving Emails
Send Test Email
Move Test Emails - Location
Learning Target:
Students will understand the basic tools of Google Docs.Students will identify the functional tools of Google Slides
Activities:
https://drive.google.com/a/wghawks.school/file/d/1Xma9iMCcmXpQW9zSgPJ2zBVymQHtplT6/view?usp=sharingCreating Contacts
Discuss Real Life vs School Life
Email Writing - Effective Communication
Using your Organizational Skills - Moving Emails
Send Test Email
Move Test Emails - Location
Create Groups
Test Emails to Groups - Don't Send
Google Drive
Create Folders and Sub Folders
No School
Learning Target
Using the tools and apps in Google to be a more effective student.Activities
Creating Contacts and GroupsTest Emails to Groups - Don't Send
Google Drive
Create Folders
Google Doc Practice
Learning Target
Using the tools and apps in Google to be a more effective student.Activities
Google Drive
Google Doc Practice - Paper Template for Classes
Discuss Google Slides Basic Skills
Layouts, Set Up, Text, Bullets, Images, Videos, Hyperlinks
Practice Presentation - Favorite Meals
Learning Target
Using the tools and apps in Google to be a more effective student.Activities
Google Doc Practice - Paper Template for ClassesScreen Shot Practice/Images
Discuss Google Slides Basic Skills
Layouts, Set Up, Text, Bullets, Images, Videos, Hyperlinks
Practice Presentation
Learning Target
Using the tools and apps in Google to be a more effective student.Activities
Finish Google Slides - Practice
Screen Shots Check for Understanding
Discuss Gmail and Google Assessment
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Using the tools and apps in Google to be a more effective student.Activities
Finish Google Slides - Practice
Screen Shots Check for Understanding
Discuss Gmail and Google Assessment
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Using the tools and apps in Google to be a more effective student.Activities
Gmail and Google AssessmentLearning Target
Using the tools and apps in Google to be a more effective student.Activities
Gmail and Google AssessmentNo School
No School
No School
Day 1
Learning Target:
Learn to communicate effectively and work as a collaborative team.Activities:
Summer Activities - Collaboration Challenge - Discuss RulesCheck for Understanding:
Questions for Reflection - Due Wednesday1.) What worked well in regards to your communication? Describe how it worked effectively.
2.) What made communicating the instructions difficult and what problems in your communication occurred with your partner?
3.) How could you improve your ability to communicate and collaborate more effectively the next time you are working on a group project?
Learning Target:
Learn to communicate effectively and work as a collaborative team.Activities:
Summer Activities - Collaboration Challenge - Discuss RulesCheck for Understanding:
Questions for Reflection - Due Wednesday1.) What worked well in regards to your communication? Describe how it worked effectively.
2.) What made communicating the instructions difficult and what problems in your communication occurred with your partner?
3.) How could you improve the result the next time and eliminate the problems if challenged with the same task or if you were working on a group project together and you couldn't meet?
Day 1
Learning Target:
Learn to manage their time.Activities:
Time Management -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUk6LXRZMMk
https://www.ted.com/talks/paolo_cardini_forget_multitasking_try_monotasking#t-148556
How to mange your time and its importance
Now, compared to life on your own.
Practice - Create a schedule for yourself on a typical day
https://docs.google.com/a/wghawks.school/document/d/1rtveFXzvVDsqZgQ-zNNwfGdq3DkJsQJqteePZ3eMqrc/edit?usp=sharing
- Using Google Doc, you must account for all time during the day.
Learning Target:
Learn to manage their time.Activities:
Time Management -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUk6LXRZMMk
https://www.ted.com/talks/paolo_cardini_forget_multitasking_try_monotasking#t-148556
How to mange your time and its importance
Now, compared to life on your own.
Practice - Create a schedule for yourself on a typical day
https://docs.google.com/a/wghawks.school/document/d/1rtveFXzvVDsqZgQ-zNNwfGdq3DkJsQJqteePZ3eMqrc/edit?usp=sharing
- Using Google Doc, you must account for all time during the day.
Learning Target:
Learn to manage their time.Activities:
Time Management -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUk6LXRZMMk
https://www.ted.com/talks/paolo_cardini_forget_multitasking_try_monotasking#t-148556
Time Wasters - What are they? Analyze your Activities. List together. The goal is to manage the time wasters, not to eliminate them.
Time Management Continued - Tool to help you plan your day and prepare
Google Calendar Set Up
Creating a Calendar
Adding Events -
Editing Events
Time Management Plan
Create your schedule for the week - Learning to Plan ahead.
Use Google Calendar - Focus on Activities and School
Check for Understanding
Turn In Calendar and reflections in a Google Doc for Tuesday.
Include Responses
Each response should be 2-3 sentences
1.) What tool will you use to help manage your time and explain how you are going to make it useful in improving your time management?
2.) Explain what you struggle with in regards to managing your time and what you have to do to get better at it.
3.) What do you think the biggest challenge will be in regards to time management as you get older and explain why.
Learning Target:
Learn to manage their time.Activities:
Time Wasters - What are they? Analyze your Activities. List together. The goal is to manage the time wasters, not to eliminate them.
Time Management Continued - Tool to help you.
Google Calendar Set Up
Creating a Calendar
Adding Events
Editing Events
Time Management Plan
Create your schedule for the week - Learning to Plan ahead.
Use Google Calendar - Focus on Activities and School
Check for Understanding
Turn In Calendar (Screen Shot) - Attach in an email
Include Responses
Each response should be 2-3 sentences
1.) What tool will you use to help manage your time and explain how you are going to make it useful in improving your time management?
2.) Explain what you struggle with in regards to managing your time and what you have to do to get better at it.
3.) What do you think the biggest challenge will be in regards to time management as you get older and explain why.
Learning Target:
Activities:
Submit Time ManagementRecreate the Image - Get into Groups
Planning and Teamwork Discussion
1.) Purpose of Planning - Define it and Provide Examples
2.) Identify your Strengths and Weaknesses
3.) Teamwork - How to create a great team when you don't a chance to always choose your team
4.) Leadership - Characteristics of Leadership?
Check for Understanding:
Planning and Teamwork
1.) Why in team activities is it important to identify correct roles for people?
2.) Why is planning so important when faced with challenges or accomplishing the everyday tasks we are faced with.
3.) Leadership can be very influential in the outcomes of tasks/projects/teams/etc...What do you look for in a great leader.
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Activities:
Submit Time ManagementRecreate the Image - Get into Groups
Planning and Teamwork Discussion
1.) Purpose of Planning - Define it and Provide Examples
2.) Identify your Strengths and Weaknesses
3.) Teamwork - How to create a great team when you don't a chance to always choose your team
4.) Leadership - Characteristics of Leadership?
Check for Understanding:
Planning and Teamwork
1.) Why in group activities is it important to identify correct roles for people?
2.) Why is planning so important when faced with challenges or accomplishing the everyday tasks we are faced with.
3.) Leadership can be very influential in the outcomes of tasks/projects/teams/etc...What do you look for in a great leader.
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Communication and Teamwork Challenge
Find away to communicate and work together with your teammate to successful accomplish a task with given instructions and restrictions.
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Communication and Teamwork Challenge
1. When working with people of different skills and abilities, what are some things to consider in order for the team to be successful?
2.) In an age where there are more ways to communicate than ever before, why is communication still a challenge for people to successfully communicate with one another?
3.) Why is adversity so difficult to handle? How do you learn to overcome it?
Day 2
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Communication and Teamwork Challenge
Find away to communicate and work together with your teammate to successful accomplish a task with given instructions and restrictions.
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Reflection Questions
1. When working with people of different skills and abilities, what are some things to consider in order for the team to be successful?2.) In an age where there are more ways to communicate than ever before, why is communication still a challenge for people to successfully communicate with one another?
3.) Why is adversity so difficult to handle? How do you learn to overcome it?
Learning Target:
Career PlanningActivities:
Begin Career Planning - Navigating My Academic Plan and what we will do together.
Create Google Document for Reflections
Title it "My Academic Plan"
Work Values Reflections
1.) After reading each of the work values, rank in order from most to least important and then explain why you ranked them the way you did.
2.) After completing the work value survey, what are the top work value(s) you identified? Did your chosen order differ from the work value survey results? If so what surprises you. If not, what makes your list important to you?
Learning Target:
Career PlanningActivities:
Submit Reflections from last 2 activities
Begin Career Planning - Navigating My Academic Plan and what we will do together.
Create Google Document for Reflections
Title it "My Academic Plan"
Work Values Reflections
1.) After reading each of the work values, rank in order from most to least important and then explain why you ranked them the way you did.
2.) After completing the work value survey, what are the top work value(s) you identified? Did your chosen order differ from the work value survey results? If so what surprises you. If not, what makes your list important to you?
Learning Target:
Activities:
https://www.careerkey.org/choose-a-career/holland-personality-types.html#.Wi7fIEtrygQhttps://www.thebalance.com/the-holland-code-526166
Career Interest Inventory Reflections
1.) After discussing/reading each of the personality types which personality trait(s) fits you the best and why?
2.) After taking the survey, did the results match what you thought to be your personality? If yes, provide real examples that show these traits. If not, what do you think of the results and do you see these traits in your life.
Learning Target:
Activities:
https://www.careerkey.org/choose-a-career/holland-personality-types.html#.Wi7fIEtrygQhttps://www.thebalance.com/the-holland-code-526166
Career Interest Inventory Reflections
1.) After discussing/reading each of the personality types which personality trait(s) fits you the best and why?
2.) After taking the survey, did the results match what you thought to be your personality? If yes, provide real examples that show these traits. If not, what do you think of the results and do you see these traits in your life.
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Career Clustershttps://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2015/article/career-clusters.htm
1.) What 2 career clusters did you chose and why did they appeal to you? EXPLAIN!
2.) How do the clusters chosen connect with either your Values or Interest Areas. EXPLAIN!
Career Pathways
1.) Which Pathway seemed to contain career positions that sounded interesting to you and why?
Career Search
https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/prepare-for-college/careers/search
Based on your Cluster Areas//Pathways, begin to explore the career options available to you.
Record the following in your Reflection Document.
1.) Job
2.) Hyperlink to Page
3.) Education/Training Needed
This needs to be done for 10 Careers
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Learning Target:
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Career Clustershttps://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2015/article/career-clusters.htm
1.) What career cluster did you chose and why did it appeal to you? EXPLAIN!
2.) How does the cluster chosen connect with either your Values or Interest Areas. EXPLAIN!
Career Pathways
1.) Which Pathway seemed to contain career positions that sounded interesting to you and why?
Careers
https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/prepare-for-college/careers/search
Based on your Cluster Areas/Pathway Choices, begin to explore the career options available to you.
Record the following in your Reflection Document.
1.) Job
2.) Hyperlink to Page
3.) Education/Training Needed
This needs to be done for 10 Careers
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Discover your Career OpportunitiesActivities:
Career Research
Levels of Educationhttps://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/prepare-for-college/careers/search
Pick Two Careers and find the following information
Discover one Video per career path that would demonstrate the job in action.
Check for Understanding:
Research CareersLearning Target:
Discover your Career OpportunitiesActivities:
Career Research
Levels of Educationhttps://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/prepare-for-college/careers/search
Pick Two Careers and find the following information
Discover one Video per career path that would demonstrate the job in action.
Prepare a Google Slide Presentation to communicate your findings to your classmates for ONE of your Careers
Check for Understanding:
Learning Target:
Discover your Career OpportunitiesActivities:
Career Research
Prepare a Google Slide Presentation to communicate your findings to your classmates for ONE in our class career fair.
Follow the instructions below
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No School
No School
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Mr. Chapman and I will discuss your course options and preparation for life after high school.- How to Best Prepare for Your Career
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Complete Career Presentation for MondayLearning Target:
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Mr. Chapman and I will discuss your course options and preparation for life after high school.- How to Best Prepare for Your Career
Check for Understanding:
Complete Career Presentation for FridayLearning Target:
Discover your Career OpportunitiesActivities:
Career Research
Prepare a Google Slide Presentation to communicate your findings to your classmates for ONE in our class career fair.
Follow the instructions below
Check for Understanding:
Career Fair Walk Through
Submit My Academic Plan - Google Doc
Career Fair Walk Through
Submit My Academic Plan - Google Doc